Chapter 34A. PATIENT RIGHT TO KNOW  


§ 43-34A-1. Short title
§ 43-34A-2. Definitions
§ 43-34A-3. Physician profiles; dissemination to public; content and maintenance requirements; corrections; judgments prior to April 11, 2001; sealed judgments, arbitration awards, and settlements prohibited
§ 43-34A-4. Requests for physician profiles; fees; confidentiality; dispersal of inaccurate profile prohibited
§ 43-34A-5. Patient's right to inquire as to medical malpractice coverage and to estimation of fees; collection of payment prior to rendering of services
§ 43-34A-6. Right to file grievance with state board; display of declaration of rights in waiting rooms; board review of complaints; inclusion in physician profile
§ 43-34A-7. Violations of chapter; penalty
§ 43-34A-8. Deadline for physician profiles; promulgation of chapter regulations
§ 43-34A-9. Annual report

REFS & ANNOS

TITLE 43 Chapter 34A NOTE

CROSS REFERENCES. --Regulation of state hospitals and related institutions, T. 31, C. 7, A. 1.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Patients rights, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Composite State Board of Medical Examiners, Chapter 360-27.
 
LAW REVIEWS. --For note on the 2001 enactment of this chapter, see 18 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 249 (2001).
 
RESEARCH REFERENCES
 
AM. JUR. 2D. --61 Am. Jur. 2d, Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Healers, §§ 17 et seq., 158, 165.4, 174.
 
C.J.S. --70 C.J.S., Physicians, Surgeons, and Other Health-Care Providers, §§ 11 et seq., 61.